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Adamsfield is a locality in Tasmania Australia where osmiridium was discovered in 1925. Alluvial mining resulted in one of the world's largest sources of osmium and iridium metal.

Florentine Post Office opened on 1 November 1925. It was renamed Adamsfield next month and closed in 1960.

Coordinates: 42°44′S 146°19′E / 42.733°S 146.317°E / -42.733; 146.317

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